174 ANNUAL, REI^ORT OF THE ^ Off. Doc. 



Union County. 



Inspector, T. C. Foster. 



District: Terry, Snyder and Union counties. 



Demonstration orchard at Loysville, in cliarge of T. C. Foster. 



See report of Inspector Foster under Perry county. 



Venango County. 



Inspector, F, L. McClure. 



District: Butler and Venango counties. 



Demonstration orchard at Polk, in charge of F. L. McClure. 



See report of Inspector McClure under Butler county. 



Westmoreland County. 



Demonstration orchard at Greensburg in charge of G. W. Sloop. 

 See report of Inspector Sloop under Indiana county. 



Wyoming County. 



Inspector, D. A. Itnuppenburg. 



District: Bradford and W\yoming counties. 



See report of Inspector Knuppenburg under Bradford county. 



York County. 



Inspector, E. F. Peirce. 



District: York county. 



In the section of York county over which I have worked for the 

 past year, conditions differ! greatly in different localities, both in 

 orchards which have been sprayed and in those which have not been 

 ISO treated. There has not been sufficient spraying in any one lo- 

 cality to reduce the scale in that locality to any great extent. In 

 fact the scale is worst in localities where the most spraying has been 

 done; not, of course, on account of the spraying, but in spite of it. 



Up to the time when I commenced the inspection work, one year 

 ago, very little spraying had been done except on premises where 

 the scale was killing good sized apple trees, and the greater part of 

 that was done with material which was almost wholly ineffectual, 

 and in a manner which would not have been successful with proper 

 material. The best conditions which I have to report are found 

 in those exceedingly rare instances where an efficient antidote has 

 been applied, although often in an imperfect manner, and where, 

 while not killing all the^cale, it has done sufficient good to keep 

 the trees alive, and so to encourage its continued use. 



The worst conditions which I have to report are found in numer- 

 ous cases, where an utterly inefficient material has been applied 

 at considerable cost in time and money. In such cases I find the 

 people greatly discouraged and indisposed to make any further 

 effort. 



The premises in the territory which I have traversed where an 

 efficient remedy has been persistently and thoroughly applied are 

 indeed rare. I recall but two or three, and the neighbors a mile dis- 

 tant did not know of their success, but were even using their sup- 

 posed failures as an additional argument in favor of their conten- 

 tion that it is futile to oppose a Divine decree. The fact that or- 

 chardists were continuing to spray seemed sufficient evidence that 



